Pawan Dhall (he/him)

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'Notes on Hoping Taken from Teenage Queer Fiction' - "Varta" Jan '25 issue - Mihir Seth finds the strength to go on in queer stories of trials, tribulations and hope vartagensex.org/2025/01/30/not…

'Nurture Sub Rosa' - "Varta", Jan '25 issue - To mellow is not to lose lustre, says Rajib Chakrabarti vartagensex.org/2025/01/17/135…

'Gains, Losses, Glosses' - "Varta", Dec '24 issue - End / beginning of the year self-reflection notes by Pawan Dhall vartagensex.org/2024/12/29/gai…

'Crisis in Crisis Intervention Centres for Women?' - "Varta", Dec '24 - How equipped are the government-run OSCCs for women to carry out crisis intervention? Shampa Sengupta shares insight from a recent survey of the centres in four states of India vartagensex.org/2024/12/16/cri…

'Queer Allies in Need of Allies' - "Varta", Nov '24 - Mahua Seth points out the importance of allies within the larger family fold for parents of queer individuals vartagensex.org/2024/11/30/que…

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'Meandering Desire', "Varta", Oct '24 issue - Dr. Sankalpa Satapathy asserts that our desires run like a subterranean river and can survive all forms of censorship vartagensex.org/2024/10/22/mea…

'Remembrances More Than Nostalgia' - "Varta" Nov '24 issue - Pawan Dhall writes about his musings on saudade – the presence of absence? vartagensex.org/2024/11/11/rem…

कैसे मिथुन चक्रवर्ती ने एक हीरो से लेकर एक नफ़रत फैलाने वाले नेता तक का सफर तय किया ! हाल ही में मिथुन चक्रवर्ती ने एक ऐसा बयान दिया है जो कि मैं यहां पर लिखने में भी संकोच कर रहा हूं, उस बयान में बड़ी ही नफ़रत झलक रही थी, मिथुन चक्रवर्ती एक दौर के लोगों के लिए बेहतरीन अभिनेता रहे हैं, मगर उनका आज का यह रूप देखकर आपको बेहद ही शर्मिंदगी महसूस होगी।

@wiseconnector Six and more in transit

Six for me. You?

Emily in Paris is moving to Rome. Take it from an Italian: this is what she’d really find there | Angelica Frey theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

RIP Shashank, co-founder of the Himachal Queer Foundation.

'Where Do We Go to Look for Queerness in Kolkata?' - "Varta", Sep '24 issue - Mihir Seth reflects on the pilot Queer Kolkata Heritage Walk held on July 2, 2024 to mark the 25th anniversary of ‘Friendship Walk ‘99’ vartagensex.org/2024/09/29/whe…

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'How Can We Be Gentle If We Aren’t Very Angry?' by Anureet Watta in "Varta", Sep '24: ‘Don’t Interrupt While We Dance’ is a film about queer and trans joy interrupted by the State, police, and shadows of violence and scrutiny vartagensex.org/.../how-can-we…